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  1. The mistake I didn't realise I was making when designing workshops

    The hidden reason good products, meetings and workshops still fail: they depend on a single way of seeing, thinking and processing.

    Bethan Ashley
    June 17, 2026
    • Product Management
    • Product Strategy
    • Workshops
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    • Design
    • Design Thinking
  2. Toast: the 2-minute test that reveals how you think about building products

    Give a team one prompt. Watch them completely diverge. The differences reveal something most product teams never talk about.

    Bethan Ashley
    June 10, 2026
    • Design Thinking
    • Product Management
    • Teams
    • Mentoring
  3. Lessons from using AI in Discovery

    We tested multiple AI tools for synthesizing discovery output and found the best insights come when machines find the patterns and humans connect the dots.

    Dawn Delatte, Fatima Burke & Kevin Kwon
    September 15, 2025
    • AI
    • User Research
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  4. Chicken Accessories For Chickens

    How a weird product ruined my brain for a week.

    Luke Mitchell
    January 17, 2025
    • Design
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    • User Experience
    • User Research
  5. Say ‘Yes’ to More Ideas With The Innovation Challenge

    thoughtbot can help your team by enabling them to use product and design-thinking to innovate faster.

    Kelly Gebo
    May 11, 2021
    • Product Design
    • Product Design Sprint
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  6. New Case Study: Health Match 360

    We’ve released a Case Study sharing more of detail on the activities and findings of our Product Design Sprint with Health Match 360.

    Kelly Gebo
    January 7, 2021
    • Product Design Sprint
    • Design Thinking
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  7. Turning COVID Unknowns into an Ongoing Product Strategy

    How to strategically pivot your business and product roadmap by testing your assumptions and connecting with customers.

    Kelly Gebo
    September 2, 2020
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    • User Research
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  8. When a Design Audit is Right for Your Team

    Design audits are an eye-opening, rewarding tool. Identifying when to use them is a skill of its own. Let’s explore the benefits for your brand and why a design audit might be the right choice for you and your team.

    Alex Chen
    August 24, 2020
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  9. Find opportunities for optimization and growth with a service blueprint

    A service blueprint is a powerful tool for organizational change and product transformation. What does one look like? How is it made? How do you use it?

    Dante Passera
    July 15, 2020
    • Service Design
    • Strategy
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  10. Using Design To Help Steel Warriors Fight Knife Crime

    How we applied design thinking to tackle a problem in our community.

    Miles Johnson
    April 30, 2020
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